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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Today is National Voter Registration Day. With October right around the corner, so is the voter registration deadline for many states. In California, home of the Felt Cervix Project, you can register to vote online at the Secretary of State's website www.sos.ca.gov. Information on where to register in your specific state can be found at www.usa.gov. Register and participate because your vote is your voice.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Women now more than ever must stay informed and stay
educated. There is a never-ending stream of legislation revolving around
women's bodies, from health care, abortion, funding for low-cost
screenings, to redefining rape, much of it being debated and decided on
by men. And many have shown themselves to be truly ignorant on the
subject.

A fascinating thing that
emerges is that the frame we have around the vagina is very recent and
very, very negative. We sort of take for granted that it's going either
to be medicalized or demeaned and kind of ridiculous.

When
women in the west began to be educated and began to clamor for their
rights, immediately gynecological and obstetric industry arose that was
determined to keep women ignorant about their bodies as a form of social
control.

The Felt Cervix Project is a collaborative art installation. Instructions are given on how to knit and felt a cervix. This is an ongoing project. Each submitted cervix will be assigned a serial number. Direct questions to: feltcervixproject@gmail.com